SemantEco: A semantically powered modular architecture for integrating distributed environmental and ecological data

Future Generation Computer Systems

Volumn 36, Issue , 2014, Pages 430-440

  Patton, Evan W ^a   Seyed, Patrice ^a,b   Wang, Ping ^a   Fu, Linyun ^a   Dein, F Joshua ^c   Bristol, R Sky ^c   McGuinness, Deborah L ^a  

^a RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecological data integration; Provenance; Semantic environmental informatics; Semantic web

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; ECOSYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS; MANAGERS; SEMANTIC WEB; WATER QUALITY;

DECISION SUPPORT TOOLS; ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATICS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTIONS; FOUNDATIONAL ONTOLOGIES; MODULAR ARCHITECTURES; PROVENANCE; SEMANTIC TECHNOLOGIES;

DATA INTEGRATION;

EID: 84891589828     PISSN: 0167739X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.future.2013.09.017     Document Type: Article

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